Mechanical toy water mill



Aug. 18, 1925. 1,550,619

H. .T. KINGSLEY MECHANICAL TOY WATER MILL Filed May 25, 1923 20 I INVENTOR,

Patented Aug. 18, 1925.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HARoL-n T. Kjlnosrlnx, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne andKState of Michigan, have invented a new and .iiseful Improvement in Mechanical; Toy Water Mills, of which the following is .a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings-v V My invention relates to: miniature simulations: of the .oldfashioned water mill which derives its power from a, wheel caused to revolve by the direction of a currentof water against .it in such a manner that it turns continuously under the force of the stream.

In practical water mills; the stream of water used to turn the water wheel is'usual- 1y a natural aquatic flow uponthe surface of the earth or one derived from natural sources," the. wheel upon which the stream pours is either one of the class known .as over shot or of the class known asunder shot. Obviously, the" sole problem of the builder of; such a mill is how to confine the water supply provided him by nature so as to direct it to the water wheel and-against (over or under) it; He usually does not have to arrange for the disposition vof the water after use, nature generally relieving him of that duty; v

It will be patent that a miniature replica of a practical water mill which is to be used as a toy needs, if theoperation of the wheel is to be re roduced with .Xa'Icltitude, an artificial source of water supply and a means of properly disposing of the water which has flowed past the wheel.

It is one of the objects of my invention to provide such a toy water mill equipped so that water can be artificially supplied to it, carried to a point where it will rotate an operable water wheel and made to perform that function and then disposed of in a realistic manner, all in such a manner that inconvenience in the use of the toy will be obviated.

It is a further object of my invention to provide such a toy water mill adapted to receive a quantity of water put into it at one operation and to conduct the water to the wheel and against it and then carry it back to the reservoir from which it was originally drawn, thereby giving the outward efi'ect of a practical mill in operation, and making possible a continuous re-using of the water.

HAROLD '1, MICHiAit.

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i 1 gi 'l'f" A jpplicartton flled May 25,1923. Serial No. 641,376; I I 3 These and" other objects and advantages are shown in the arrangement, combination and construction of the various parts of my improved device. as described inthe specification, claimedin my claim and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1.is an elevation of the side of my improved mechanical water mill; and,

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 1 In the construction of! my improved dereservoir 2. -A cranky-3 t hed to one endof the axle 4 which is made to protrude through the, sides of; sait house for that purpose, so that when the crank 3'is turned, the wheel 5 will rotate in the direction in which the crankfis" turned.

Near the topof the house interior thereof, another wheel ,8 is; fixed upon an axle 9fljournalled parallel to the a-X194 between the two walls with bearings 10 and 10'; A-belt=or chain 65,;provided with aseries of scoopfsor' buckets 7 on its outer surface, is fitted over the wheels 8 vand-,5. Ne r he top of said? house d co e i g t e wheel 8 is a hood 11. It is therefore apparent that when the reservoir 2 is filled l and on the g with water, turning the crank 3 will revolve the wheel 5 so that the belt or chain 6 will be set in motion and will revolve the wheel 8 and the series of scoops or buckets attached on the outer surface of the belt 6 will be made to carry the water from the reservoir 2 to the wheel 8 and discharge it into the hood 11, and to return on the other side of the wheel 8 back to the reservoir to repeat the process.

A basin 12 is placed near the bottom of the hood 11 so that the water discharged into the hood by being thrown from the scoops or buckets 7 when they are revolved about the wheel 8 will be caught therein and carried through the wall of the house by the small pipe 13 and discharged therefrom into another basin or trough liattached to the side of the house and preferably partially covered (as shown in Figa l) so as to represent the mill race in a practical water mill. This basin or trough is made to run along the rear of the house on the inside thereof and empty at one corner thereof into another trough 15. Both the troughs 14 and 15 are slightly depressed at the end where the waten is to be discharged so as to give it a natural flow. The end of the trough 15 which is attached to the side of the house on the outside thereof and is constructed so that the water will be discharged against the operable miniature water wheel 16 which is journalled between the side of the house and a support 23. The water is thus directed in a stream against a series of small cups or buckets 17 attached to the outer surface of the Water wheel 16 so that it strikes them successively and thereby causes the water wheel to rotate either in the direction of the stream, if the wheel is over shot or in the opposite direction if it is under shot. A trough or basin 18 is provided underneath the water wheel and inclined at such an angle that it will catch the water dropped from and flowing past the wheel and carry it along the side of the house to an opening 19 where it disappears from view and runs through a chute 20 communicating with the opening 19 and into the reservoir 2 at the outlet 21.

It will therefore be apparent that when the crank 3 at the side of the toy house is turned, water will be carried on the chain of cups attached to the mechanism inside of the house and discharged into the trougli or basin 14 and permitted to run from thence to the wheel 16 and after passing the wheel back into the reservoir so that a relatively small quantity of water supplied the toy mill at one time can be used to turn the miniature water wheel indefinitely and that the turning of the wheel and the running of the actual water along the sides of the house and past the Wheel, thereby revolving it, will give the appearance of a practical mill with the mill races and water wheel in operation. 7

It is obvious that some changes may be made in the arrangement, combination and construction of the various parts of my improved device without departing from the spirit of my invention therein and I do not wish to limit myself to the exact structure shown, it being my intention to cover by my claim such changes as may be reasonably included within the scope of my invention.

What I claim is: i

In combination, a toy Water mill, comprising a toy building having a miniature water wheel adjacent thereto, a water tank or reservoir adapted to hold a quantity of water secreted therein, a pulley partially positioned in the water contained in said tank and connected to and capable of being revolved by a crank on the exterior of said toy, a pulley in position above said tank parallel to said other pulley and obscured from view in said toy building, a conveyor having a series of water scoops or buckets attached thereto stretched around and between said two pulleys, a hood covering said top pulley adapted to catch the water carried thereto on said conveyor, a basin or runway to retain water from the said hood, visible means adjacent to the said toy building whereby the water thus caught and retained can be received and flowed by the force of gravity to and against said water wheel and means hidden in said building adapted to carry the Water back to said tank, thus forming invisible means for controlling the flow of said liquid in a circuit to and away from said wheel, the only visible flow being in the means directly above the wheel and on the wheel itself.

HAROLD T. KINGSLEY, 

